The Ruby Suns are an indie/pop group from New Zealand. They formed in 2004 … Read Full Bio ↴The Ruby Suns are an indie/pop group from New Zealand. They formed in 2004 when Californian-born Ryan McPhun moved to Auckland and started playing in several bands such as The Brunettes and The Tokey Tones.

'Fight Softly' is the third album by New Zealand's pop masters The Ruby Suns. Ryan McPhun (their prime mover) has the kind of voracious musical mind that cites as equal influences '80s/'90s New Jack Swing and modern Angolan kuduro, Fleetwood Mac and Britney Spears, Brazilian tropicalia and Argentinean cumbia. He's the kind of diligent, meticulous soul that spends days hunched over a laptop in a tiny rented studio in Auckland, NZ just to perfect a sequenced drum track (mission accomplished). And Fight Softly is the kind of head-spinning combination of big-picture vision and sumptuous detail that only comes from an artist with an urgent need to express all the stuff he's seen. And you can dance to it!

California-born (and NZ citizen) McPhun took childhood trips to New Zealand and finally made Auckland home in 2003. Though he soon started playing with Kiwi indie darlings The Brunettes, he'd been making his own music for years—four-track bedroom stuff that mixed his faraway vocals with effects-laden guitar, synths, and all manner of field-recorded samples. With his own new band, Ryan McPhun and The Ruby Suns, McPhun recorded and released his first album for NZ label Lil' Chief Records. By the time its follow-up, Sea Lion, was ready, the foreshortened Ruby Suns had gained a college following in New Zealand and toured Australia with The Shins and the UK with Field Music, among others. The album came out on Sub Pop in early 2008 and landed on various best-of lists that year.

And for a few summer months The Ruby Suns landed in Seattle. There they played Sub Pop's not-so-humble 20th anniversary festival and began work on Fight Softly. "Mingus and Pike" is about their temporary Victorian abode and its happy-go-lucky pit bull mascot Mingus; “Cranberry” captures a day trip to Cranberry Lake, a dream of a swimming-hole 90 minutes from Seattle on Fidalgo Island. The former is beat-buzzed bedroom R&B swathed in reverb while the latter is part tequila-drunk marching band, part Eastern Bloc candy rave.

In the spring of '09, The Ruby Suns took a whirlwind tour of Europe that included 10 days at a friend's spread outside Szeged, Hungary. McPhun and friends Bevan Smith (Signer, Aspen, Skallander) and Matthew Mitchell (Skallander, Muriel Tsains) spent their time devouring veggie pizzas and jamming, improv-style, in an old farmhouse. These sessions didn't make it to Fight Softly as-is but were a springboard into new ideas McPhun brought back to his Auckland studio.

Like "Closet Astrologer," a song that started in Hungary and concluded, vaporous and Vangelis-like, in New Zealand. Or "How Kids Fail," a multi-movement epic that sounds like a post-techno hymn and nods to How Children Fail, John Holt's groundbreaking book on the general out-of-touch-ness of the public education system. "Haunted House" bounces on a pitch-shifted vocal sample and bubbly synth line,
simultaneously lush and minimal. "Cinco" and "Dusty Fruit" share a similar digital-tropical soul.

This is where Fight Softly veers from the path set by its predecessor. Thematically, it's not as wide-eyed or lighthearted, picking apart the relationships faced as we pass through the world—with our surroundings, each other, ourselves. Sonically, it remains as beat-centric, though these beats are deliciously artificial—stretched and compacted and distorted beyond recognition. Melodies are scuzzy and digital, not many guitars strummed or basses plucked. McPhun's soulful upper-register croon, swallowed into the mix, replaces group chants and full-throated singalongs. Rather than an album of clearly-drawn influences, Fight Softly is a unique, inscrutable synthesis, more itself than anything else.

Morning Sun
The Ruby Suns Lyrics

We have lyrics for 'Morning Sun' by these artists:

Absolutely Free Every time I wander, step outside life, surrender. All ov…
Aimyon 「今日はちょっと早いかもゴメン」なんて言われましても私遅かれ早かれ後悔するから何でもいいよもう何でもどうでもいい…
Al Barry Way out in the morning sun There lies my baby she…
Ali Aiman You You're having a glass of wisdom of class The tank is…
B.Infinite Bom bom bom bom bom bom bom bom bom Bom bom…
Bad Company The Morning Sun Comes Thru My Window All Night Long I…
Balance Problems Morning sun Has entered through The windows of your bedr…
Beau When I wake into the Morning Sun, Well I feel another…
Beehoover The sand beneath my naked feet is white and warm A…

Before the Dawn You can't carry me I am too heavy inside You don't have…
Bent Not Broken Take a look at the sky A brand new day has…
Blank & Jones Tense plastic ties Wrapped around the times You go under You…
C.A.M.O. Morning sun In my eyes Wakes me up And tells me lies Tells m…
Carlos Nóbrega Tonight I'm gonna make it up to you, to you I'm gonna…
Corey James & Joakim Molitor Didn't reach for the fire Didn't reach for the sun But you…
Cuddy Camaro Are you the one? Or the one that I want right…
Dave Bixby Sun in the Morning Dave Bixby The sun in the morning Comes …
David Arthur Brown I never liked the morning sun It shines a light on…
David Torn Morning sun Morning sun Morning sun Watch you morning sun…
DJS a.k.a. Spoot Daylight burns on my eyes And i face them on you. And…
Dot Allison Try to catch her Falling from the sun There's an answer …
Dr. J I stood on a hill At the break of day As the…
Echo & the Bunnymen Show me the hole I can fall in To the ground…
Ensemble P.J. Rhinegould I stood on a hill At the break of day As the…
Fountain of youth You just-you just-you just wanna have fun, She dance-she dan…
G.Bevin Just like a flower needs some sunshine The flower needs some…
Gandalf Good morning, Sun How do you feel today? Lead us with your…
Gardot Melody There little babe, don't you cry We got that sunny morning…
George Duke i wanna see yoor face in the morning sun i wanna…
Goldkimono When I get down Into the deep Where I'm alone And my thought…
Herndon Holly (Wake up) I begin to fall You run me off I begin to…
Incognito Once our love was drifting I felt left out and alone There…
J-DANCE I stood on a hill At the break of day As the…
Jacob Mallow When I got up this morning It was still dark I put…
Jason Vitelli Trying to validate my intentions, trying to unleash insinuat…
Jesse Colin Young When the morning sun has come Shine the darkness from my…
Jordan Max Lost in your tradition Stronger than addiction Out of contro…
Karlskrona In the morning sun, in the morning sun We run, you…
Kiyoshi Ryujin Morning sun lights us Every time that you smile Morning sun …
Larry Santos Chorus: Morning sun When You gonna take Me back where I belo…
Lobo I've seen you use your pretty body Like a lady of…
Lovd Ones Red! Go and wake the town, here comes the sound To give…
Lovers Electric All the things we want to say, and all the…
M. Byrd Hang low my morning sun And tell me where these birds…
M.M.B Bom bom bom bom bom bom bom bom bom Bom bom…
Marianne Faithfull I see the morning sun Coming over the hill, Sorrow and pain…
Marizu Ohhh yeah Yeah Like the morning sun You brighten up my life…
Mark & Sarah Tillman Ou are like the morning sun My darkness you have won You…
Melody Gardot There little babe, don't you cry We got that sunny morning…
MELONIA Let's be the ones who keep on chasing morning sun Let's…
Miley Cyrus (Rock Mafia) Drop the music, Coast to coast. From the city, …
Miley Cyrus/Rock Mafia Drop the magic coast to coast From the ceiling to the…
Neptune Safari You're the one I want It should give me rhythm I don't…
Nev Cottee If I listen to the morning sun Unwind what the darkness…
Plump DJs Daylight burns on my eyes And i face them on you. And…
Plump DJs Feat. Lou Robinson Daylight burns on my eyes And I face them on you And…
Plump DJs feat. Louise Rhodes Daylight burns on my eyes And i face them on you. And…
Potato Potato Said to her, "My dear, I'll write a love song" But…
Princess Chelsea I see the morning sun Coming over the hill Sorrow and pain…
Reptile Youth The zebra, hunting for tigers, tigers from Pluto, a spirit …
Revelation [Words: Dennis Cornelius, Steve Branagan] Like a circle, …
Robbie Williams How do you rate the morning sun After a long and…
Robbie Williams & Gary Barlow How do you rate the morning sun? After a long and…
Robbie Williams; How do you rate the morning sun After a long and…
Robin Thicke You are the one, so why stop it? You are the…
Rock Mafia Drop the magic cost to cost from the ceiling to…
Rock Mafia (feat. Miley Cyrus) Drop the magic coast to coast From the ceiling to the…
Rock Mafia featuring Miley Cyrus Drop the magic cost to cost from the ceiling to…
RockMafia [Rock Mafia] Drop the music, Coast to coast. From the city,…
Rock_Mafia Drop the magic cost to cost from the ceiling to…
Sault Morning sun, where have you run? Light fills my soul with…
Savatage When you look at the morning sun Do you see what…
SCANDAL 朝日が差して街を照らしだすあなたはいないけどゆらゆら踊る花手をはなしたら遠くへ飛んでった聞きたいことがまだまだあ…
Sean Brown I'm trynna make a livin' But I gotta pay my tickets Sorry…
Shayna Zaid You got left I go right touch down and see the light Got…
Shindy Baby, keiner kennt uns nicht Hab' die Songs, die die ganze…
Shocking Blue Who loves the morning sun Creeping up right behind me When t…
Smokin' with Superman I think I found you in the nick of time, Gonna…
Sorry Come Again Morning sun, where have you gone. I've waited long for you…
Spring Heeled Jack My morning Sun - it'll light the way My morning Sun…
Spring Heeled Jack USA My morning Sun - it'll light the way My morning Sun…
Stone Fruit The morning sun sneaks inside our room It warms my heart…
Strange Talk Morning sun Morning sun Morning sun Watch you morning sun M…
Strange Talk (Dillon Francis Remix) Morning sun Morning sun Morning sun Watch you morning sun…
Sugar Ray Who loves the morning sun Creeping up right behind me When t…
Taba Chake I hear birds are singing I see trees are dancing And i…
Tad Morose See the morning sun open up the sky And shine…
Taste Looks like the morning sun that's come to play outside…
The Beautiful Girls When I wake into the Morning Sun, Well I feel another…
The Happy Mess Tendo em conta a imaginação Este mundo está acabado Eu não…
The Lilac Time Have you been alone in the morning sun? Have you ever…
The Normas Hopping bars hoping my credit card won't bounce Mother dear …
The Sukis The morning sun So glad I finally met you Been years and…
The Underground Youth Morning Sun Oh honey I don't believe in a god But I…
TVXQ! Oh 차가웠던 마음이 어느새 이렇게 주체할 수 없이 뜨거워 나 널 처음…
Vanilla You don't have to go home Stay awhile, my angel child …
Victor Davies I hear her voice, just like colors from a rainbow′s…
Watson The sun in the morning Comes over the hill And kisses the…
We Will Worship Like the morning sun I will worship For the glory of…
Xenon-P Its time to wake and bake morning sun in my…
清竜人 Morning sun lights us Every time that you smile Morning sun …

We have lyrics for these tracks by The Ruby Suns:

Blue Penguin im too sexy for my penguin saw you swimming in a…
Boy Hey little boy, can you speak up? 'Cause monster never wonde…
Closet Astrologer Ill find time and ill find time to do what I want whateve…
Cranberry Sometimes I'm Afraid of the water Mostly when I can't see th…
Desert Of Pop When I was 25 I heard you’re number one We weren’t…
Dramatikk I won’t be here for long Songs made a pass of…
Futon Fortress A million pounds explosive laughter Come with me away From…
Heart Attack How bizarre would it be? To trade places ‘Cause every day is…
In Real Life We walked til our souls wore thin With any luck we…
Jump In When we reach the air up above Don’t know how We’ll let…
Kenya Dig It The alcohol has done its job, you're on your way You…
Kenya Dig It? The alcohol has done its job, you′re on your way You…
Kingfisher Call Me You came so far, from the psychological high-school The look…
Maasai Mara Once, a mammal named Ulysses Had thought of being star of…
Remember imagine yourself in a plane flying far away imagine yourse…
Rush I’m not waiting anymore I won’t be waiting anymore You’ve go…
Starlight We don’t want (we don’t want) Sittin there all day Ruby unde…

There Are Birds Theres a place I like to go I like to be…

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